Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D)/ by Richard Heeks

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Heeks, Richard

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge perspectives on developmentPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2018Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 410 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9781138101814

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DDC classification:

004.67833895 HEI

Contents:

1.Understanding ICT4D

2.Foundations of ICT4D

3.Implementing ICT4D

4.ICTS and economic growth

5.ICTS, poverty and livelihoods

6.ICTS and social development

7.e-Governance and development

8.ICTS and environmental sustainability

9.The future of ICT4D

Summary: This is the first dedicated textbook to examine and explain these emerging phenomena of Information and Communication Technology for Development. It will help students, practitioners and researchers understand the place of ICTs within development; the ICT-enabled changes already underway; and the key issues and interventions that engage ICT4D practice and strategy. The book uses extensive in-text diagrams, tables and boxed examples with chapter-end discussion and assignment questions and further reading. Supported by online activities, video links and session outlines and slides, this textbook provides the basis for undergraduate, postgraduate and online learning modules on ICT4D"

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Books List(s) this item appears in: Computer Science & Engineering | New Arrival Book 2023

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 01 Annex : 01 Shelve No. : A-04	Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books)	004.67833895 HEI 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1 (NI)	Not For Loan		52084

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Understanding ICT4D

2.Foundations of ICT4D

3.Implementing ICT4D

4.ICTS and economic growth

5.ICTS, poverty and livelihoods

6.ICTS and social development

7.e-Governance and development

8.ICTS and environmental sustainability

9.The future of ICT4D

This is the first dedicated textbook to examine and explain these emerging phenomena of Information and Communication Technology for Development. It will help students, practitioners and researchers understand the place of ICTs within development; the ICT-enabled changes already underway; and the key issues and interventions that engage ICT4D practice and strategy. The book uses extensive in-text diagrams, tables and boxed examples with chapter-end discussion and assignment questions and further reading. Supported by online activities, video links and session outlines and slides, this textbook provides the basis for undergraduate, postgraduate and online learning modules on ICT4D"

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